Dirty Dancing - Inspired by the motion picture Dirty Dancing (1987) starring Patrick Swayze, the CBS network aired the comedy/drama adaptation DIRTY DANCING/CBS/1989. Set in 1963 at a Catskills summer mountain resort, the series starred Patrick Cassidy as sexy dance instructor, Johnny Castle; Melora Hardin as Francis "Baby" Kellerman, the boss' daughter and talent coordinator; McLean Stevenson as Max Kellerman, the manager of Kellerman's Mountain Resort, Constance Marie as Penny Rivera, Johnny's Latin dance partner; John Wesley as Sweets Walker, the resort's piano player; Paul Feig as Norman Bryant, a pre-med student working as a waiter/bellhop; Charlie Stratton as Neil Mumford; and Mandy Ingber as Baby's boy-crazy cousin, Robin.  A highlight of each show were the sensual "dirty dancing" numbers.